TVR's and Tunnels, whats yours called........

[HarryW]

I'm sure every TVR owner has a tunnel nearby which is on their favourite blatting route. Down on the south coast, we are blessed by the A32/272 route, it just so happens the 272 has a nice little tunnel, not large, but a nice brick built arched railway one, large enough to make you smile .
Heres a 2 minute video taken this morning between sleet flurries of said Tunnel as ever, thanks to Luca for hosting.
Feel free if you have any clips of your local tunnel to add them, I'd love to see/hear them

Harry

[iandbeech]

If there`s a down side to living in Norfolk, it has to be no tunnels!!

There is the South tower in Kings Lynn which has an arch of about 20 ft - enough for half a second of V8 echo!!

[cacatous]

One small tunnel under the railway in Windsor (by Shooters) and another longer tunnel on the way to Staines via Wraysbury...

[tvrbob]

The Tyne tunnel just south of Newcastle. Only problem is you have to hold your breath when the lid's down. Exhaust-ing it is.

[shnozz]

Keeping it local to Harry, my 2 votes go to bridges under the M27 - the one on the Wickham road from Titchfield up past Wickham golf course etc just past the garden centre. The other one on Stoneham Lane - thats a corker.

PS - one of your bulbs has gone mate

[HarryW]

shnozz said:

PS - one of your bulbs has gone mate

LOL saw that and thought, I wonder who will be the first to mention it, RH reversing light was abit dodgy too . Only had an MOT/service two weeks ago .

Harry

[shnozz]

Your reversing lights have been dodgy since you first bought the car mate! Must be about 2 years ago when I first crapped myself whilst following you and the reverse lights came on at 80mph

[Pies]

Harry i dont think its your bulbs i think its that connector ford use
It worked, then it didnt, then it did, during the day


Back on topic Nearest is Shakespear tunnel but Sandwich town is almost as good

[iandbeech]

Just watched the video - great sounds!!! I like the way you straighten up the road

0-65. I made that nearer 9.5 seconds

[HarryW]

iandbeech said:

Just watched the video - great sounds!!! I like the way you straighten up the road 0-65. I made that nearer 9.5 seconds

LOL re the timing, wondered like the lights from shnozz, when the Q would come up .
Not very scientific I know, but I played it back a few times to get an acurate figure(ish). I change up at 6Krpm in 1st/2nd so it equates to approx 66mph in 2nd. Don't go by when I say 65, go by the change in exhaust note and the bonnet dropping down a bit i.e. when I change from 2nd to 3rd.
Checking the source video it actually got there at around 4.2 or 4.3 secs .
Shame really but the tape didn't catch the fact that the pull away was intial wheel spin but mainly on the grip/slip/grip limit up to 2nd, it was launched from off the handbrake so it really does fly away.

I'll get an AP22 soon, but I really don't doubt the car can do it repeatedly without having to side step the clutch though, need new tyres soon though .

Harry

[tweety]

Get on the A27, head for Lewes, and just blast through the Cuilfail(?) tunnel, about 2-300 metres long, and even better there's a roundabout at each end. So its blast, powerslide, blast, powerslide, blast..... hours of fun til the Optimax runs out. Also whilst in the area head along A27 again towards Shoreham and you have the Southwick tunnel, drop it down into 3rd and try not to change into 4th. So loud my head nearly exploded. Would be nice to have some flames for a nightime run through Lewes.

Cheers, Al.

[julianhj]

tweety said:

Get on the A27, head for Lewes, and just blast through the Cuilfail(?) tunnel, about 2-300 metres long, and even better there's a roundabout at each end. So its blast, powerslide, blast, powerslide, blast..... hours of fun til the Optimax runs out. Also whilst in the area head along A27 again towards Shoreham and you have the Southwick tunnel, drop it down into 3rd and try not to change into 4th. So loud my head nearly exploded. Would be nice to have some flames for a nightime run through Lewes. Cheers, Al.

Really tempted to go out and do both now...

[beano500]

Thanks for that - you don't know how much that's cheered me up after a bum week!!!

[jmorgan]

South Wales, tunnels under the bay in Cardiff. Good thing is there is a roundabout at the end so you can turn around and blast up the other. OK its 50 but in the right gear

Or the Bryn Glas tunnels at Newport. M Way so 70 in third.........aural sex

Tunnels at Monmouth, not as long as Bryn Glas.

Best one I have scared people in was the tunnels at Donnington. Gave it a quick blip and heard a few pedestrians say "clucking bell"....or words to that effect.

[HarryW]

tweety said:

Get on the A27, head for Lewes, and just blast through the Cuilfail(?) tunnel, about 2-300 metres long, and even better there's a roundabout at each end. So its blast, powerslide, blast, powerslide, blast..... hours of fun til the Optimax runs out. Also whilst in the area head along A27 again towards Shoreham and you have the Southwick tunnel, drop it down into 3rd and try not to change into 4th. So loud my head nearly exploded. Would be nice to have some flames for a nightime run through Lewes. Cheers, Al.

Could you include that in the Brighton Burble on the 7th on the way out for lunch then Al .
Even better if you can drop the cameraman off to film it from outside always sounds nicer.

Harry

[morgala]

tvrbob said:

The Tyne tunnel just south of Newcastle. Only problem is you have to hold your breath when the lid's down. Exhaust-ing it is.

and under the flyover just over the tyne bridge, small but effective

[captain honesty]

HarryW said:

I'm sure every TVR owner has a tunnel nearby which is on their favourite blatting route. Down on the south coast, we are blessed by the A32/272 route, it just so happens the 272 has a nice little tunnel, not large, but a nice brick built arched railway one, large enough to make you smile . Heres a 2 minute video taken this morning between sleet flurries of said Tunnel as ever, thanks to Luca for hosting. Feel free if you have any clips of your local tunnel to add them, I'd love to see/hear them Harry

nice harry! although the bit where you say "not bad,100 through there" might incriminate you if the police get hold of it!

[Podie]

The Dartford Tunnel...

Best quid you can spend...

[chim450]

Manchester Airport Tunnels are great! Had a couple of convoys of Tivs through there.

[shadowninja]

Podie said:

The Dartford Tunnel... Best quid you can spend...

must last a good few minutes, can experiment with the sounds you can generate: different revs, accelerating slowly, accelerating rapidly, engine braking, holding it steady, popping the exhaust... might piss off the guys behind though

there's also the heathrow airport tunnel, and a local narrow, relatively quick one (5 seconds?) with a very low roof in Thames Ditton. First time I did that tunnel I scared myself as the sound is quite intense at over 5000rpm!